Suaviloquent

Nah....Hyper when you take a number 2 at your gas stop, wouldn't you rather you didn't get in the car so soon as to prevent the natural emissions from your ...ahem...local gas station from interacting with the in cabin air environment? Then again, you can circumvent that whole issue by getting into a Model X, with its cabin air filter that allows it to capture any whiff of natural gas, that may be coming from behind your back, where the gas is usually pumped out...into the vehicle....

All I'm saying is that if there's federal funding waiting to be spent, there's a lot better capital budgeting projects where money really should be spent. This isn't a first world problem. Again, I don't want to be political, but...lack of drinking water is a third world problem. I should know, I emigrated away from that. You wouldn't believe how backwards some of those places are - there people believe in witches and they treat women horribly, visible minorities are treated better than slaves but worse than servants, it's not anything America should share with those regions. This isn't even a socialist issue. Why should wealthy neighbourhoods get better water supplies, and by many reports cheaper water bills? Especially because, apparently, Flint had some of the most expensive water bills in the entire country. I have some extended family that lives near Flint too. I don't know if they're affected or not, but it sends my head into a very angry state. You can't have nice tech, all the latest smartphones and fancy cars all the while people are dying because of lead poisoning. Even that - we can't even fix our naturally terrible water delivery systems because of the backwards thinking when it was originally thought up, instead we pay money every year to increase the pH of the water so it is less acidic, so lead doesn't leach into the water. And that's in Canada too. A nation like the United States should atleast provide clean drinking water to its citizens or have low-cost NGO providers - especially to the most vulnerable of communities. I mean, like you hear of Native American reserves within Canada and U.S. that have terrible water supplies, but a MAJOR population centre. I shake my head. I disagree with this federal funding and its purpose. It has value. But there is no impetus to speed it up. Throwing money at some problems don't fix them. We've seen before how cost reduction in technology kind of render initial investment kinda moot. For example, Motorola's first global phone network cost $1 billion dollars in 1980s dollars. Yeah. And that was a flop, because it was too expensive and stupidly implemented, that they sold the satellite network within a year of being online for $25 million. The auto industry can get its tech subsidies, but shouldn't people who can't afford new cars atleast have drinking water. For peats sake, it's stupid. It's just stupid. I hate this move, because obviously politicians don't think about clean water or California's record drought, and how clean water and the basic food stuffs are more scarce than people realize.

It's got nothing on the Volt, or on the Bolt. It's alright in pictures.

Wait... so why are talking about NASCAR? I needs a TL:DR.

The time for the Elmiraj to come to fruition has passed. Too late, they missed the moment, they could've just made the ELR look like the Elmiraj and history would've been different. Unless you guys expect an NSX style promise and delivery... because that's what it'd amount to, a glorious striptease early on and then a collective "yeah, that's nice, but it's too late" multiple years later. The thing is...there is a lot of inertia when it comes to car designs these days. Lookit here, even Mr. DFelt posted an article about the Camaro, where your focus group of past customers DO NOT want changes to styling. Also, if you're salient to an American car company's design ethos, you simultaneously do not like those of others... as if being mutually exclusive is something to be regarded. Maybe it's because I believe cars these days are SO isomorphic. They all offer you the same ending outcomes and value propositions. They really do.... at many levels.

You can't be serious man. I know you like certain companies more, but seriously? This is the same kinda attitude many people have against... hell you name it, any American car company no matter how credible their efforts or how lauded their products. I have no vested interest with this car, I would not even consider a single car from this segment of compact RWD sedans/coupes... but I respect them nonetheless. They control the luxury market. They really do. And everyone else is measured against them.

The only time where poor maintenance of infrastructure instead of being corrected by fixing it is instead a competitive advantage for federal funding aka tax dollars!! I'm not very political...but $4 billion dollars...like how Mr.Trump says billion, $4 BEEELIION dowllaars.... for a government that doesn't have the money really, when instead you could fix the water supply in Flint for a fraction of that cost, and actually improve people's lives very quickly... Instead of making better things... Why can't they just make things better?

However, it is only available in 2WD configuration... I think if they allowed for 4WD and the mild-hybrid system, it might be worth it for everyone. Sounds like a small pilot project - repurposing Malibu battery cells and taking some tech from other powertrains. I imagine fitting all this stuff is easy, plenty of space under the hood of a Silverado. It's only 700 combined models between Chevy and GMC for the 2016 model year, and only for California. I would get this though. 2 extra mpg city for $500 sounds pretty reasonable, but you're getting a huge increase in FE in terms of percentage increase in FE. I played around with some calculators. Your pay-off period is just about one year, given the price of fuel between $1.75 a gallon or $2.25 a gallon, and a combined driving distance of 12,000 miles/year, around 20 MPG combined. 60% HWY. 40% City In that sense, it pays itself off kinda quick for a hybrid. But I'm more inclined to call it an eAssist, what GM calls it. And that reminds me of integrated motor assist that used to have... For example, a new Prius barely manages even a 7% improvement in FE over the last model.... And this is what we expect. Ford has a hybrid F150 under wraps as well. Maybe it'll be a full hybrid.

Eh, they're the only start-up automaker of their kind in 80 years to even get this far. Though why the issue of EV charging so apparent now, and what does that have to do with just one car? It should've been dealt with years ago. It's unfortunate that the price of gasoline had to collapse. Oh wait, Ontario government new levy that'll be 5.2 cents a litre of gas by January 2017... Yup, now's the time to raise the gas taxes, right when the price of oil takes a nosedive. Volt and other plug-ins sell because of the existence of range anxiety, and I like the Volt, but it, likes its plug-in peers, are eventually doomed. Once your get rid of range anxiety, no plug-in, range-extended anything do hickey has to exist.

They don't mention in the press release whether it'll only be available on 2WD model.

Plenty of cars still have a decent roof-line. But it's harder find it in an American sedan. Perhaps only the Impala or Taurus. Chrysler LX twins. I also think practical family sedans like Camcord. have it going right. I think the Lincoln Conti also has a 3 box design, and should have plenty of headroom. Really the headroom shift to crossovers makes a lot of sense. You can package a seat to be higher off the floorpan with more headroom, so you effectively have the capacity for larger passengers with long legs in less wheelbase.... And yeah. I never felt the CC to be a vehicle for the masses. Crossovers are just too practical, wagons are just not on people's minds and thus the trend continues...

It's so interesting. And it's pretty clear that we are at a flux point a la Doctor Who... If the entire civilization has 100% electric vehicles and clean, renewable and affordable energy, we have the foundation of a Type I civilization. And then onwards... explore the universe, conquer everything we see, kill anything that stands in our path, and become the very reapers we despise....

Pretty neat. a 34 Packard Roadster with a chop and other goodies.

Are the tires skinny or is it that the truck is really wide so they look skinny? So a brake'n'clutch'n'bake instead of the shake'n'bake?

I like the Avista, but I'm still not sure even what a sedan version of it would mean for Buick. It wouldn't replace the Regal, so it'd be their top sedan? I think this vehicle would have to get bigger - expect it to be like CTS sized. And with a 3.0TT..... A lot of product overlap, especially if the Buick drives like a Caddy... But I think the styling is very different, and IMO breath-taking. Now if only paying plebes were the ones who write the comments...

It's another car that sells because of its seductive looks and expensive soundtrack. Where have we seen that before? And they charge for it because some person somewhere values it more than doing top speed runs to verify a manufacturer claim or drag race.

Uh, so if they time the delivery windows for the option with the time when the same vehicle would be placed on freight carriers... They get an immense saving on freight costs attributable the vehicle, and they charge the customer for it. Excellent business decision! I love it. See, Corvette brand needs to do more of this. Squeeze the wallets. Wring every dollar dry. Charge for the value. Do it. DO IT!!

I think the diluting is happening for reals. But largely I think they have realized that customers who want their sedans either just want the badge - get the low lease deals and thus can be moved to the 1 Series maybe because the value equation gets better for those buyers. And that vehicle is more profitable. While the true enthusiasts spend the money willingly to get the 328, 340, and M Series. And anyone else is moving to crossovers entirely. I think it's just one of those things that a brand like this at this stages gets away with because of favoritism.

I came back from the CIAS autoshow today. Expect pictures up in a couple days. I'll make a short-list of what I liked and what I didn't. Also, are auto-show cars having non-production interior materials like for ALL THE CARS? Because as a whole I was supremely unimpressed with most cars. Even many luxury cars in interior quality. And the few cars I wanted a closer look - couldn't sit in.

I also think this is smart of GM. I guess "Not bad" doesn't divulge as much enthusiasm. Though at the auto show, I sized it up to the old one right there as well. I gotta say, it's a different proposition now. I'm guessing GMC is trying to become more "athletic" as a brand. I think it'll ride the new wave of crossovers just like the old one. But the value proposition is no longer there. You can get a Kia Sorento that has done really well in most magazine reviews for a lot less. And people at the show were comparing those two like crazy.

Actually most reviewers have said while the Colorado had better ergonomics because of greater seat adjustments, the materials of like equipped Tacos and Colos - the Taco has nicer materials. Here's the case that the Taco is being marketed to the person who uses their truck more recreationally. While the Colo and Canyo are more marketed as just shruken versions of their bigger counterparts. Then again, I am a huge technologyandstuffdudefan, hence my sig... So through my intense calculationers and stuffus....I give the win to the Cholesterol, unless I want power absolute, where I would have to give the Turd the win because it is a Taco Supreme.

So, does that character's head shape mean he has microcephaly? You know, the Zika virus? Or is it because he gets a h4rd-0n by....er... okay R-rated section.

They need a naturally aspirated V8 in the ATS-V thingamaboober. I would put the LT1 as soon as possible. Also, the smallblock V6 needs to go into atleast the GMC Canyon. And yes, small-block needs to be sold like Voltec so it's in the next Prius.

Like I said. Lincoln is going its own way. I don't pretend to vouch for the brand, hell no. But I like the Continental quite a bit. And I've said it before many times, the MKZ looks like money, too bad it really isn't much more than was Regal is to a Malibu. I also like the CT6 way more, but not because of the way it looks or its interior which I find inappropriately styled for a large sedan. I like the CT6 for what it has underneath and the inherent value. Now the ultimate car would be hybrid of the two. Have all the excellent chassis engineering with the Lincoln Conti styling and interior, and you have a sold customer right here, right now. As for 3 design languages. Actually, now their sedans have one style, the one they'll go to the future and the current split-wing in their crossovers and SUV. And many people complain how most luxury brands have the same style just rehashed into a different shape. As for the split wing grille, all they really did was change the aspect ratio of height to width and make the slats horizontal instead of vertical. I don't consider it a large departure. It was the case of a small subtle changes having a huge effect. You can believe whatever you want to believe, but I'm of the same opinion of Drew, the Continental is a lot better than what anyone, even the biggest haters of Lincoln (myself included) expected. And the D6 will bring back a lot of prestige to the brand. Lincoln doesn't care what anyone else thinks about it, and it's disciplined enough to realize it'll probably never consider a small sedan because those things just are not growth segments AND they are highly saturated markets. Sales in China have been impressive for the all new brand launch and because they're all exported to China. There's intangible value by selling to the Chinese luxury buyer a car imported from America, especially from a heritage brand like Lincoln. They are growing faster than expectations, and that's that. You can't pretend to have better expectations when they are exceeding their targets. And atleast Mark Fields did the smart thing, what little he could in his short tenure to commit to Lincoln, finally in a way that is meaningful. Yeah, it's another wait. But I'm also waiting for finally the car that will allow Cadillac to break the mould. Something daring, like the Lexus LC. It hasn't arrived yet, and it appears the platform that the Lexus uses is the rival to GM's Omega as well. Back to Camaro. Yeah. Camaro fans will buy the Camaro and Mustang fans will buy the Mustang. That story never changes. I can't endorse the notion that the 1LE will be better in every sense, because some things like visibility are already deal breakers for some. And then the totally unique exhaust note add value to the Mustang. If the car's won't be tracked and the person is an nOOb driver, then it's quite possible a noob driver in an 1LE will not get better lap times in that a similar driver with just that much more experience in a GT350. So in the same reference frame as today, the advantages that the Mustang are palpable for every driver - better visibility, the exhaust is totally unique, never before heard in American muscle car. And I'm partial to the interior/exterior styling for the GT350. Not the regular Stangs though, I prefer the Camaro every single time otherwise else. It also has exclusivity of being a lower volume run, which helps the pricing. The advantages of the Camaro for every customer, obviously price (which I like, but also rooting for GM, I want them to squeeze the living hell out of every dime they can pocket) and also the potential for better lap times. I say potential because obviously a race car driver driving cars back to back and with many laps can settle the score. On the individual basis, a lot more difficult. It's a function of time and effort expended to get better with each car, and both have absurd supercar like limits, so there's so much to learn with either. I think the Mustang is charging a very fair price for what you get. I think the Camaro is charging an even fairer price. But the Mustang also has the purist values in check. They don't offer an automatic (and of course some will just say they don't have a competitive RWD transmission yet, so they're stuck. I would agree, but the way they're selling it, the lay person, or just the true enthusiast "insert Leno here" would see it as an even more special treatment). I think while they both compete well together, inevitably there's going to be the mention of cars like the BMW M2, which btw starts at $52,000. Yeah. And you don't even get a V8. So... I think both American coupes are poised to take on their foreign rivals. Is the M2 overpriced? Well, it's going to sell every one they make, so the price they charge, well, you get that roundel on the hood that has intrinsic value, which I have always been saying in support of GM, that their cars really do have. For my own money... I wouldn't even go as far as the 1LE. The 2SS is half the price of the Z28 for 95% of the performance. Any more spending is largely unnecessary. But then if I wanted the special hopped up car, I'd go for the GT350, especially because I'd never go on the track, and I secretly want the Corvette more than both - but an excuse to get out of one would actually be the GT350, just because of the sound alone. Yeah, I just said I'd get a car based on sound, which of course anyone can make the hand wavy gesture "but you save $$$ by getting this car that on a track that you'll never go on will do better" But I'm not saying for those reasons people will pick the Mustang. Those are my reasons. They might overlap with someone else, they might not. I think the Camaro is great, but we've seen this style of American cars really getting the performance right since the S197 Mustang and the Boss till now, and I think it's going to continue.

The D6 is for all of Ford. And Lincoln will get the use of the RWD iterations first, and Mustang as well. Lincoln has probably forgone the customer who wants an AMG, V or S Line, M series car. Being disciplined and knowing the brand identity as it is is actually very smart. When Cadillac first got the CTS, the V line didn't even exist as it is today. It's the 3rd generation of their product where its finally a mainstay. But they're even questioning if it fits with the Escalade - their most successful product. Lincoln will not go for those buyers, because they are not there yet, maybe they don't think it aligns with their brand. Why are you going to harp on them for reaching the same conclusion as you - they can't possibly compete in those segments. But that bunch is all boisterous and fussy. Better to secure the buyer that wants quiet luxury, and will pay for it, and extract healthy margins. And I still expect Lincoln cars to be more about passenger comfort, and day to day livability, as evidenced by their choice of AWD, the best seats in the industry and a lots of power - and they can easily succeed there.